by admin | Aug 7, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Turning right out of the park skateboarding arena, located on the historic Place de la Concorde, over an hour after the final’s crescendo had come and gone, the view was immediately striking. Hundreds of people had gathered just outside the exit by the stands, penned...
by admin | Apr 16, 2024 | Representation, SEW
San Diego’s coastal north county is unofficially known as the skateboarding capital of the world, but Bryce Wettstein is one of the few originals looking to earn a trip to the 2024 Paris Olympics. She was born and raised in Encinitas where she still lives with...
by admin | Jun 29, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Australian skateboarder Arisa Trew has become the first female skateboarder to land a 720 – a trick which involves making two full rotations in the air, in a competition. The 13-year-old pulled off the move in front of a roaring crowd in Utah. Read...
by admin | Aug 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Skateboarding was included in the Olympic Games for the first time at Tokyo 2020. Teenagers dominated the podiums in both the women’s street and park events. The BBC’s Mariko Oi sat down with Japan’s youngest gold medallist – Momiji Nishiya...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Great Britain’s Sky Brown, 13, claimed the bronze medal in Wednesday’s park skating competition with her last run of the day. It meant the three skaters on the podium had a combined aged of 44 — two years more than the medalists in last week’s...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
They were children sitting at a dais in a roomful of adults. The gold and silver medal winners of the first Olympic women’s street skateboarding event, fearless in their leaps off ramps and railings, suddenly looked small at the victory news conference. Japan’s Momiji...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After a year-long postponement, the final countdown to the Tokyo Olympics has officially commenced. You’ve heard of gymnastics, swimming, and track, of course. But this year, the International Olympic Committee is introducing a new batch of sports, including...
by admin | Mar 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In early March, I talked with a pair of researchers at the University of Southern California who had recently published a study — funded by the Tony Hawk Foundation — showing how skateboarding helps build resilience among young skaters, and helps them form communities...
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